𝘼𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣'𝙨 𝙋𝙊𝙑

"Okay. All right, no" Pope says awkwardly as he approaches the car.

"Pope, can you act normal?" Kiara snaps as the boy gets into the passenger seat.

"So, um...okay, so, bad news. The ferry's closed, and there is this" Pope says, handing Kiara a sheet of paper.

Her eyes widen and she hands the paper to me. My eyes shoot open wide when I see the photo of John B with the caption 'Wanted'.

"What is that? What is this?" John B asks impatiently from his spot, lying down on my right.

"Well, John B, uh...this is a good framer of you" JJ jokes as I show the brunette the wanted poster with his face on it.

"Okay, so the whole island's lookin' for John B right now" Pope states.

"That's a lot of money" Kiara adds.

"Congratulations, John B. You're now famous" JJ chirps.

"This is not how I imagined the Pogue life" I admit.

"It's usually not this interesting" Makoa shrugs.

"Guys, we got to get to the HMS. We need small, no running lights-" Kiara is cut off from her rant.

"It's at the chateau, Kie" John B huffs.

"And I wonder if the cops got the entire place staked out. Let me think" JJ says sarcastically "Oh, yeah. No. They definitely have that place locked down"

"Yeah, copy that" Kiara retorts.

"Let me think. Just give me a second" Pope mutters.

"Hey, Jayj?" Makoa pipes up.

"Yeah?" JJ answers.

"Does your dad still have that boat you told me about? The Phantom?" Makoa asks curiously.

"Maybe" JJ replies hesitantly.

"Good idea, Mak! You could get right up the coast, no problem" Pope explains.

"Okay, look. The surf's running from three to four.." Kiara drawls off, thinking to herself.

"It won't be easy, guys. I don't know where the keys are" JJ protests and I immediately spot the uneasy look on his face, my gut knowing exactly why he looks that way.

"Well, find them" Pope retorts, starting up the car.

"I'm thinking" JJ snaps.

"You don't have to do this, JJ. We'll find another way" I tell the blonde boy quietly and he shakes his head at me.

"Why is nobody moving forward?" Pope groans.

"Can you relax?" Kiara snaps at the boy "JJ, how much weed did you give him?"

"Guys, your car's on the poster" John B grits out and my eyes widen as Pope beeps the horn, drawing unwanted attention to the wanted vehicle that we're currently sat in.

"Can we move it?!" Pope hollers.

"Pope!" Kiara snaps.

"You're not helping, dude" Makoa warns him.

"Please act natural, Pope" I plead.

"Don't honk the horn" Kiara tells him.

"Mom, look! It's that guy! Right there!" I hear a little boy yell and turn to see him pointing at our car.

"Shit" Kiara curses.

"We got a snitch. Pope, turn the car on" JJ tells the Heyward boy.

"We get $25,000 if we find him!" The little boy hollers.

"Hey! He's right there!" An older man grins, banging on the car window as he looks down at John B.

"Oh, no" I gasp anxiously.

"Hey, we gotta go!" Kiara shrieks.

"Turn the car on!" JJ yells.

"I found him first!" The little boy hollers.

"Hell you did, you little bastard!" The older man shouts back.

"Pope, turn the fucking car on!" Kiara screeches.

"I am trying!" He retorts.

"Go, go, go, go, go!" JJ rushes out.

The car jerks forward, crashing into the car in front of us and JJ's arm shoots out in front of me, holding me back as we all are thrown forwards.

"Pope, jeez!" JJ shouts.

"Dude, back up!" Kiara yells and Pope starts driving forwards again, moving the car in front of us.

"The other way!" She groans.

"It's okay! Pope, just go!" JJ snaps and Pope swerves out of the line, driving on the grass.

"Sorry about that!" I shout out the window.

"What are you doing?!" Kiara shrieks as the car bumps across the grass.

"We'll bump out!" JJ replies, his arm still against my chest.

"Watch out! Pope! Whoa, whoa, whoa! Watch out!" Kiara screams as Pope hits a mailbox.

"We're all gonna die!" I squeal in fright.

"Pope!" John B scolds him.

"What the fuck?" Kiara gasps.

"I'm livin' my best life now!" Pope whoops and I grip onto JJ for dear life.

"My mom's gonna kill me" Kiara groans.

"I should be the last one to tell you this, but you are not okay to drive, dude. Stop!" JJ shouts and Pope hits the breaks.

"John B, get out" Pope suddenly snaps.

"He's right. We'll draw the cops, you run" JJ agrees.

"Shit" John B curses, pulling himself up.

"I'll get the rig, and i'll meet you in the dump tomorrow, okay? Three o'clock, okay?" JJ hollers.

"Yeah" John B nods, jumping out the car.

"Three tomorrow at the dump!" Makoa repeats andJohn B throws him a thumbs up before running into the trees.

"Okay. Go, go, go!" JJ rushes out and Pope hits the gas.

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"Pope, you clocked that car, man. Like, that was so bad!" JJ laughs and I giggle, extremely high from the juul that JJ gave me.

"I'm just glad I'm not driving now" Pope says with one hand on the wheel and I burst into a fit of giggles.

"Pull over!" Kiara shrieks.

Pope swerves around a corner and hits the breaks, causing me to gasp in surprise.

"JJ, Alli, it's not funny. He shouldn't be driving" Kiara scolds us as she climbs out the car, slamming the door shut.

"Mama's mad" JJ comments and I laugh as Makoa plucks the roll up from JJ's fingers.

Pope climbs over the console into the passenger seat and Kiara gets into the driver seat while Makoa takes a couple hits from the joint in his hand before passing it to me.

"Where are we goin'?" JJ asks.

"The last place they're gonna look" Kiara answers, glancing at me through the rearview mirror as a cloud of smoke escapes my lips.

JJ takes the blunt from my fingers with a cheeky smirk and I pout childishly as Makoa wraps his arm around me from my other side, leaning down to my ear.

"You look really pretty in that dress, Alli" He whispers in my ear and my face heats up at the compliment.

A giggle slips past my lips and I slap his arm playfully, causing him to grin widely. Makoa often flirts with me when he knows I'm a little down, he says it's to build up my self confidence and I do appreciate it.

Although when the boy's eyes dart to Kiara who is glaring at us and then to JJ who looks just slightly less pissed off, I realise that this time he clearly had ulterior motives.

Eventually Kiara stops the car and grabs a flashlight, hopping out the car. We all climb out of the car too and the girl immediately grabs my hand, dragging me along side her.

"Perfectly focused" Pope says to himself as they follow us.

"You sure this is a good idea?" JJ asks curiously and I notice we're at the Cameron residence.

"She's the only one who can clear John B" Kiara snaps.

"Last place they'll look because of how stupid it is" JJ scoffs.

My waist is grabbed and I'm lifted onto the wall, my head turning back to see Makoa winking at me. I shake my head with a laugh while Kiara and JJ practically growl at the boy.

"Okay, I've got a plan" Kiara declares.

"Yeah, I have plans. We can do a plan. Let's do the plan thing. Let's get it. Let's plan it out" Pope speaks, obviously high as a kite and I giggle.

"Can you handle a plan right now?" Kiara asks the boy skeptically.

"Of course I can handle a plan right now" Pope scoffs "I'm- I'm Plan Guy. I'm- I'm Mister Plan-o-matic. Hey, I'm- I'm always thinkin' of a master plan, aye. Cause there ain't nothin' but-"

I watch in amusement as Kiara slaps her hand over Pope's mouth to stop him from continuing his rap song.

"Sh! Sh!" She hisses "Look, this is a quiet plan. Okay?"

Pope nods quickly and I pull a funny face at the boy behind Kiara's back, causing him to smile widely under her palm.

"Can I move my hand?" Kiara asks the Heyward boy and he nods again.

She moves her hand away and turns around, catching me in the act of pulling another funny face.

"Behave yourself" She warns me, gently grabbing a hold of my jaw with her hand.

I immediately melt into her touch and my highly buzzed brain is fogged up with a love filled haze.

"I love you" I blurt out without hesitation.

The Carrera girl looks at me in awe and a small smile creeps onto her lips as her hand moves to palm my cheek.

"And I love you" She replies, causing my heart to leap out of my chest with joy.

I move forward and press my lips to hers, forgetting all about our friends stood watching us. Kiara kisses me back feverishly and we're abruptly tugged apart by the boys who are all grinning widely.

"As cute as that was, we have a plan to execute" JJ declares, winking at me and I blush brightly.

"Sorry, I got carried away" I shrug and the boys shake their heads with smiles.

We all continue through the yard, reaching the side of the house and Kiara tells us the plan before we all split up except Kiara and I who head around the back.

We reach the ground below Sarah's room and begin climbing our way up, something i've done many times before.

Once we're on the roof of the first floor, we head over to Sarah's window and gently knock on the glass. Sarah comes running to the window with a big smile on her face.

"Kie! Tink!" She gasps and tries to open the window but it doesn't budge.

"Sarah" I breathe out in relief.

"Shit" Kiara mutters.

We help her yank at the window but it does nothing. Kiara pulls out John B's wanted poster and shows it to Sarah. The dirty blonde looks at the poster in distraught.

"Are you in on it?" Kiara asks.

"Did you think I was?" Sarah asks, looking between us.

Kiara shakes her head in reassurance and Sarah looks at me, her eyes searching me in worry.

"Never" I answer with a smile.

Sarah puts her hands on the glass and I press my right hand against the glass where her left hand is, Kiara doing the same with the other hand. We all share a warm smile but it's rudely interrupted when we hear Ward storming towards Sarah's room.

"Sarah!" Ward barks

"Go!" Sarah whisper yells and Kiara pulls me away from the window as Sarah jumps onto her bed.

Kiara and I head back to the car where Pope, Makoa and JJ are waiting for us. We immediately jump in the car and Kiara takes us to her parents' restaurant, our hide out for the night.